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nift

noun
/ˈnɪft/

Etymology

From Middle English nyfte, nift, nifte, from Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *niftiz (“niece”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂. The male is neve. Doublet of niece.

  1. inherited from *néptih₂✻
  2. inherited from *niftiz✻ — “niece”
  3. inherited from nift — “niece, granddaughter”
  4. inherited from nyfte

Definitions

  1. Niece.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nift. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA